What will this time be known as in history

mintbro · 17/01/14 - 22:45

When the people of the future are looking back at us now, what do you think it will be known as?

I'll go with The Elizabethans

[Deleted User] · 17/01/14 - 22:54

mintbro wrote: »

When the people of the future are looking back at us now, what do you think it will be known as?

I'll go with The Elizabethans

Yes this seems likely

Chris Frost · 17/01/14 - 22:56

Would they not use Windsor, as that is the Royal Household name

[Deleted User] · 17/01/14 - 22:57

I'd say Windsors as there has already been an Elisabethan era

Jesse Pinkman · 17/01/14 - 23:03

Better than the Charlies coming up.

Jesse Pinkman · 17/01/14 - 23:03

Elizabethans II the revenge.

kippeh · 17/01/14 - 23:07

The Great Disillusionment

mintbro · 17/01/14 - 23:10

Cherry_ wrote: »

I'd say Windsors as there has already been an Elisabethan era

Was that not the Tudor era

phylo_roadking · 17/01/14 - 23:10

There was actually quite an emphasis in the press at the time, post-1953, of it being the "New Elizabethan Age" ;-)

RebelScum · 17/01/14 - 23:11

mintbro wrote: »

When the people of the future are looking back at us now, what do you think it will be known as?

2014.

UKMikey · 17/01/14 - 23:12

I think they stopped naming the ages after royalty after Edward VII.

This age will probably be known as the Internet age or the Sh*t age.

[Deleted User] · 17/01/14 - 23:26

As this is an age of luxury compared to the past, maybe the luxurious era.

Skyclad · 17/01/14 - 23:29

The digital revolution/age in a similar vein to the Industrial revolution.

NightFox_Dancer · 17/01/14 - 23:58

RebelScum wrote: »

2014.

Yes but 2014 is the same age as 2013 and 2012.

swingaleg · 18/01/14 - 00:25

The Digital Revoluton

I remember back in the 60s we used to say that we were living in the Nuclear Age and the next era would be the second Stone Age.......:o

SirMickTravis · 18/01/14 - 00:39

The 2nd great depression.

Jason C · 18/01/14 - 00:41

19:41, Friday 17th January 2014.

incy wincy · 18/01/14 - 00:57

Either the Digital Age or the Electronic Age. Something like that. The internet and other digital technology is the defining characteristic of our times. Even if they continue in the future, this will be known as the age it all began.

When you really think about it, it's so different from even just 20 years ago. I know the Internet was around then, but not to the extent it now is. It really is futuristic, the way in which we have the information and systems of communications at our fingertips constantly.